Divisions

Cryospheric Sciences

Antarctica Uncovered: Exploring the Exposed Surfaces Around the Melting Continent

Evan Quinter December 4, 2023

A photo pf a rocky land with an ice mass in the background. The land has brownish plants.

In 2020, ocean scientists discovered a new island off the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, naming it after the Norse goddess, Sif. The island is one of many new regions being exposed in the wake of increased ice shelf melting and glacial retreat. While these newly-revealed lands have been discussed in the Arctic and alpine ecosystems, the uncovered island and coastlines of Antarctica have been less ...[Read More]

SM

Seismology

What is Distributed Acoustic Sensing?

EGU Seismology ECS Team December 2, 2023

In this blog we give a succinct introduction to Distributed Acoustic Sensing for the starting seismologist, or the interested reader. The blog is by no means a complete overview and serves as a starting point for you to understand DAS and get started with the data. It was written by SM ECS members Ana Nap and Katinka Tuinstra. By now, Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is a pretty widely kn ...[Read More]

SSP

Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Offshore Gaza: gas in deep-water sedimentary reservoir rocks as another element in the conflict

Ramon Lopez December 1, 2023

The conflict between the Israeli state and the Palestinian people revolves not only around the control of land but also extends to the ocean, particularly the sedimentary rocks beneath the seafloor (see oil and natural gas fields in the region in Figure 1). This article aims to analyse the geological aspect, specifically sedimentary rocks with hydrocarbon reservoir potential offshore the Gaza Stri ...[Read More]

GD

Geodynamics

Geodynamica: Earth & Planets – a new diamond open access journal!

Geodynamica Core Team December 1, 2023

Do you want to publish and access papers for free? Do you want to improve the system by promoting equitable publishing alternatives? Then read on to learn about Geodynamica: Earth & Planets: a new community-powered Diamond Open Access Journal (DOAJ)! Join the conversation on discord by following this link. Diamond Open What? Diamond Open Access journals are peer-reviewed journals that are free ...[Read More]

SM

Seismology

State of the ECS: wrapping up 2023!

EGU Seismology ECS Team December 1, 2023

We are glad to open our seismology advent calendar with this blog! Welcome to the State of the ECS, where our ECS members reflect on the year. Hello! Katinka here, writing from a snowy Zürich. Days are shorter, many layers of clothes are needed, and the last scientific effort before Christmas is being pushed for, because 2023 is ending! We as ECS have had a wonderful year, and I’m so ...[Read More]

TS

Tectonics and Structural Geology

TS Must-Read – Bond et al. (2007) What do you think this is? “Conceptual uncertainty” in geoscience interpretation

The Must-read team December 1, 2023

The Must-Read paper by Bond et al. (2007) is a truly original piece of work, focusing on the conceptual uncertainty that occurs when earth scientists carry out a geological interpretation on data with limited resolution and/or spatial coverage. In this example it is about an interpretation of seismic reflection data (Fig. 1), but it can be applied to other situations as well. Conceptual uncertaint ...[Read More]

GM

Geomorphology

A Day in the Life – Bartosz Kurjanski

EGU Guest blogger November 30, 2023

This blog post is part of our series: “A day in the life of a geomorphologist” for which we’re accepting contributions! Please contact one of the GM blog editors, Emily or Emma, if you’d like to contribute on this topic, or others. by Bartosz Kurjanski, Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK Twitter: @iceice_bartek | Email: bkurjanski@abdn.ac.uk Shifting sands… but underwater. Hi, my name is ...[Read More]

HS

Hydrological Sciences

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) in Geoscience Miniseries – Part 1: Microcontrollers

Jonas Pyschik November 30, 2023

We geoscientists need all different kinds of data: soil moisture, water-levels, snow height, radiation, precipitation height and the list goes on. However, the devices we need to generate that data are often too expensive, not available or even don’t exist. Therefore, it’s sometimes necessary to build them yourself (like many geoscientists do – those who annually present their senors p ...[Read More]

GD

Geodynamics

Call for Applications: Early Career Scientist Representative (GD Division)

Megan Holdt November 29, 2023

The Geodynamics Division (GD) is looking for an enthusiastic geodynamicist to take up the position of Early Career Scientist (ECS) representative for 2024-2026! Our current ECS representative, Megan Holdt, will be handing over this position at EGU24. This role is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in EGU, contribute to building the geodynamics community and create a welcoming environment for ...[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU GMPV Campfires – Thursday 14th December 4 pm CET

GMPV ECS Campfires Team November 28, 2023

Mark your calendar! The next edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology division’s ECS talks – the Campfires – will be back on Thursday 14th December at 4pm CET on Zoom. This edition will be a Scientific Campfire, during which three early career scientists will present their latest work to the community. Our speakers for this edition are: Shreya Kanakiya ̵ ...[Read More]